qB-autodelete

• Local
  • Prerequisites
  • Environment Variables
  • Cron Job Setup
• Docker
  • Docker Compose

This script is designed to automatically remove completed torrents from qBittorrent to keep your system organized.

Local

• Prerequisites
• Environment Variables
• Cron Job Setup

Prerequisites

Before running the script, ensure you have the following:

• Python 3.10 or higher installed
• Docker installed (optional, for containerized deployment)
• qBittorrent installed and accessible
• Python qBittorrent api and schedule packages pip install qbittorrent-api schedule

Environment Variables

The script uses the following environment variables:

• QBITTORRENT_URL: qBittorrent server URL (default: http://localhost/)
• QBITTORRENT_PORT: qBittorrent server port (default: 8081)
• QBITTORRENT_USERNAME: qBittorrent username (default: admin)
• QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD: qBittorrent password (default: password)

Cron Job Setup

To run the script automatically create a CRON job to start the script after reboot: echo "@reboot /paht/to/autodelete.py >> /path/to/autodelete.log 2>&1" > /etc/cron.d/qb-autodelete

Docker

Docker Compose

If you want to use Docker Compose, create a docker-compose.yml file with the following content:

version: '3'
services:
  qb-autodelete:
    image: toomas633/qb-autodelete:latest
    environment:
      - QBITTORRENT_URL=http://your-qbittorrent-server/
      - QBITTORRENT_PORT=your-port
      - QBITTORRENT_USERNAME=your-username
      - QBITTORRENT_PASSWORD=your-password

Start container docker-compose up -d